I've been slapped in the ass once, run off the road and hit once with a hospital stay. Since then, I hardly ride. But when I do, I am hugging the curb and always share the road. That said, where I live, I find that the Senior Citizen Tour de' Bergen County peloton riders to be the most hoggish, "I'm not sharing the road" riders I've ever seen. I've come across them entirely blocking 2 lanes on a 4 lane road. I think both cyclists and motor vehicles need to learn to share the road and be courteous towards one another.